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Paraguay
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Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica. Paraguay is one of the two landlocked countries that lie outside Afro-Eurasia, Paraguay is the smallest landlocked country in the Americas. The indigenous Guaraní had been living in Paraguay for at least a millennium before the Spanish conquered the territory in the 16th century, Spanish settlers and Jesuit missions introduced Christianity and Spanish culture to the region. Paraguay was a colony of the Spanish Empire, with few urban centers and settlers. Following independence from Spain in 1811, Paraguay was ruled by a series of dictators who generally implemented isolationist and protectionist policies and he was toppled in an internal military coup, and free multi-party elections were organized and held for the first time in 1993. A year later, Paraguay joined Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to found Mercosur, as of 2009, Paraguays population was estimated to be at around 6.5 million, most of whom are concentrated in the southeast region of the country. The capital and largest city is Asunción, of which the area is home to nearly a third of Paraguays population. In contrast to most Latin American nations, Paraguays indigenous language and culture, Guaraní, in each census, residents predominantly identify as mestizo, reflecting years of intermarriage among the different ethnic groups. Guaraní is recognized as an official language alongside Spanish, and both languages are spoken in the country. There is no consensus for the derivation or meaning of the name Paraguay, the most common interpretations include, Born from water Riverine of many varieties River which originates a sea Fray Antonio Ruiz de Montoya said that it meant river crowned. The Spanish officer and scientist Félix de Azara suggests two derivations, the Payaguas, referring to the tribe who lived along the river. The French-Argentine historian and writer Paul Groussac argued that it meant river that flows through the sea, Paraguayan poet and ex-president Juan Natalicio González said it meant river of the inhabitants of the sea. Indigenous peoples have inhabited this area for thousands of years, pre-Columbian society in the region which is now Paraguay consisted of semi-nomadic tribes that were known for their warrior traditions. These indigenous tribes belonged to five language families, which was the basis of their major divisions. Differing language groups were generally competitive over resources and territories and they were further divided into tribes by speaking languages in branches of these families. Today 17 separate ethnolinguistic groups remain, the first Europeans in the area were Spanish explorers in 1516. The Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar de Espinosa founded the settlement of Asunción on 15 August 1537, the city eventually became the center of a Spanish colonial province of Paraguay

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Club Olimpia
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Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of sports with most importance given to the football and basketball sides. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name, Olimpia are the most decorated institution in Paraguayan football with 40 domestic titles to date. El Decano or Rey de Copas, as they are known, also holds the record of winning six consecutive Primera division titles. Olimpia hold eight international titles, among which three Copa Libertadores and one Intercontinental Cup and it is the only Paraguayan club to have won official CONMEBOL tournaments, and it is also one of only two clubs in history to have earned an international cup despite not playing in it. In 1990 Olimpia won the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Libertadores, in 1979 they achieved the rare feat, so far limited to an exclusive set of clubs, of winning all possible official titles on offer that year. They completed the quadruple by winning the Paraguayan championship, Copa Libertadores and it is also one of the best supported clubs in the country and, for several years, has seen the highest attendance figures at their games. Olimpia disputes the Paraguayan football derby with Cerro Porteño, the two maintain a historic rivalry which is considered one of the more traditional South American clásicos. Against Guaraní they play the clásico añejo and also the black, the football team plays its home games at the Estadio Manuel Ferreira, also known as El Bosque and Para Uno. Basketball and other sports, have their own sports centre named after former president Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb in the site as the stadium in the suburb of Mariscal López. Olimpia was founded on July 25,1902, being the oldest football team in Paraguay, the act of foundation was written in the Rodis family home, located in the streets of Azara and Independencia Nacional in downtown Asunción, Paraguay. That evening, three names for the club were suggested, Paraguay, Esparta and Olimpia, the final decision came to William Paats who chose Club Olimpia as the team official name, in honor of the Greek city of Olympia where the Olympic Games were born. The original kit was composed of a shirt with the word Olimpia written in white across the chest. Later, white and black were adopted as the colours for the team, the alternate jersey is black with a white stripe, though in 2008 the stripe is vertical. The first national championship in Paraguay was played in 1906, after the foundation of the Paraguayan Football Association and it wasnt until 1912 that Olimpia won a championship, facing Sol de América in the final. In that same year, Olimpias biggest rival, Cerro Porteño, was founded, Olimpia repeated the same feat by becoming champions in 1936,1937,1938. The 1940s presented a rough time for Olimpia with bad results for most of the decade, after the unpleasant times in the 1940s decade Olimpia started to establish its dominance in the Paraguayan league when Manuel Ferreira Sosa assumed the presidency of the club in the mid-1950s. During Ferreiras presidency the football stadium, Estadio Manuel Ferreira, was built, however, the most important accomplishment made by Ferreira was the acquisition of several key players that led Olimpia to a record five consecutive championships, from 1956 to 1960

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Club Nacional
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Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguays Nacional, the club was founded on June 5,1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción. The club was originally named Nacional Football Club, taking the name from Club Nacional de Football the Uruguayan club, whose shield and it is also referred as related to the school the founders attended. Its first president was Víctor Paredes Gómez and white was selected as the team color because that was the color of the Nacional de la Capital School uniform, for the emblem of the club, the colors of the Paraguayan flag were chosen. Nacional is one of the teams in the Paraguayan league. In 2009 Nacional won the Clausura title after 63 years, in 2014, Club Nacional Asunción made history after reaching the final of a Copa Libertadores competition for the first time, during the 2014 edition. Primera División,1909,1911,1924,1926,1942,1946,2009 Clausura,2011 Apertura,2013 Apertura, División Intermedia,1979,1989,2003 As of 17 April 2016. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. To appear in this section a player must have either, Been part of a national squad at any time. Played in the first division of any other football association, played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition

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Club Presidente Hayes
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Club Presidente Hayes is a Paraguayan football club from Tacumbú, a section of Asunción, Paraguay. The club is known colloquially by its nicknames The Yankees. They play regularly in Asuncions Kiko Reyes Stadium as part of the Paraguayan Soccer League, the club was founded in 1907 and participated in their first international tournament in the 1953 Copa Montevideo. It is one of several entities in Paraguay that were named in honor of Rutherford B, Hayes, the 19th President of the United States of America. Hayes, as the arbitrator of peace talks after the War of the Triple Alliance, the club is the former home of Paraguayans Néstor Benítez, Teófilo Barrios, Tomás Guzmán, Julio Valentín González and José Ariel Núñez, and foreigners Riki Kitawaki, Bryan Lopez and Victor Cristaldo. In 1945, the club obtains its best result by finishing third in the 1945 Paraguayan Primera División season, in 1952, the club wins the 1952 Paraguayan Primera División season. To appear in this section a player must have either, Played at least 125 games for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Been part of a national squad at any time. Played in the first division of any other football association, Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition

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RSSSF
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The Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an archive of football-related information from around the world. This enterprise according to its founders was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec. Sport. Soccer Usenet newsgroup, Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the North European Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation, today the RSSSF has members and contributors from around the world, and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that projects home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Romania, Uruguay and Venezuela. This enterprise was for years closely tied with the newsgroup RSS. Weighting in vain for Fifas ranking aficionados, Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF Charter Best of RSS

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Independiente F.B.C.
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Independiente Foot-Ball Club also referred to as Independiente de Campo Grande is a Paraguayan football club based in the neighborhood of Campo Grande in Asunción. Founded on September 20,1925, they play in the Paraguayan Segunda División and their home stadium is Estadio Ricardo Gregor. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. To appear in this section a player must have either, Been part of a national squad at any time. Played in the first division of any other football association, played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition. Tercera División,1962,1975,1980,2001 Alicio Solalinde Independiente FBC Info

Paraguay
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Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica. Paraguay is one of the two landlocked countries that lie outside Afro-Eurasia, Paraguay is the smallest landlocked country in the Americas. T

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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguay's first president.

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Flag (obverse)

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Francisco Solano López

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The Battle of Tuyutí, May 1866.

Club Olimpia
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Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of sports with most importance given to the football and basketball sides. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name, Olimpia are the most decora

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Olimpia squad during a 2002 Copa Libertadores match.

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Olimpia

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Marcelo Recanate, president of Club Olimpia.

Club Nacional
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Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguays Nacional, the club was founded on June 5,1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest

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Commemorative stamp of Paraguay featuring a side of 1952 or 1953. Alarcón is third from left in the front row.

Club Presidente Hayes
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Club Presidente Hayes is a Paraguayan football club from Tacumbú, a section of Asunción, Paraguay. The club is known colloquially by its nicknames The Yankees. They play regularly in Asuncions Kiko Reyes Stadium as part of the Paraguayan Soccer League, the club was founded in 1907 and participated in their first international tournament in the 1953

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Presidente Hayes

RSSSF
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The Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an archive of football-related information from around the world. This enterprise according to its founders was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec. Sport. Soccer

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Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Independiente F.B.C.
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Independiente Foot-Ball Club also referred to as Independiente de Campo Grande is a Paraguayan football club based in the neighborhood of Campo Grande in Asunción. Founded on September 20,1925, they play in the Paraguayan Segunda División and their home stadium is Estadio Ricardo Gregor. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA elig